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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAvID o. PAIGE, or Dn'rnorr, MICHIGAN.

SAFE.

PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,764, dated Octoberl2, 1886.

Application filed August 10, 1886. Serial No. 210,56.

T LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAvID O. Psion, of Detroit, county of \Vayne, Stateof Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safes; and Ideclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertainsto make and use it. reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists of the combinations of devices and applianceshereinafter specified, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a safeembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation ofthe back oi' thesafe. Fig. 3 is a sectional view from side to side. Fig. i represents anelevation of the front of the safe with the door closed. Fig. 5represents a vert-ical section from front Fig. 6 represents the sheetwhich is to form the top, bottom, and two sides of the safe as the sameappears before it is applied. Fig. T represents the said sheet aft-er ithas been curled at its edges and bent to forni the two sides and top andbottom ofthe safe. Fig. S is a separate view ol" one of the face-platesemployed at the l'ront and at the back of the safe.

Itis the purpose of this invention to produce a small, cheap, andsubstantialy safe, which by reason of its inexpensive character is welladapted for the use of farmers and others desiring a substantialtire-proof safe.

The particular features of my improved safe are, first, the constructionof the top, bottom, and two sides from a single piece of metal, the samebent at its forward and rear edges and suitably mitered at itscorners,the construction beingl such that all the twelve edges of thesafe are made round and formed upon this singlcsheet of metal,leavingthe front and rear to be each supplied with a wrought or malleable ircnframe, the rear to be closed by a plate and the front to be closed by adoor; second, in the employment, with the continuous sheet ci' metal, asabove described, of a wrought or malleable iron frame adapted to form asubstantial finish.

In carrying out my invention, A represents a continuous sheet or plateof metal. This (No model.)

sheet I prepare with mitered openings a at the portions which are toconstitute the corners ot' the safe. I also curl or bend the edges ofthe sheet, substantially as shown. Then upon a suitable form or in anyother convenient way I bend the sheet so as to constitute the sides,top, .and bottom of the safe,and in so doing the niitered openings e areclosed together on the curved line at each corner, substantially asshown in Figs. 6 and '7. The extremities of the plate are buttedtogether and riveted to a reenforcing plate, B, placed back of the plateA, as shown'in Fig. 3.

C is an open or skeleton frame of wrought or malleable iron. plate A, sothat the ears c shall project out, covering` the miter openings at thecorners, and form a substantial and neat iinish i'or the corners of thesafe. To this frame the edges of the plate A are substantially riveted.A similar open or skeleton frame, C, is applied also to the back of thesafe in like manner. rIlhe back ofthe safe is then formed of asingleplate, D, of metal, while the front of the safe is provided with a door,E. rihe interi or shell, F, having been placed in position, the space Gbetween it and the outer shell is filled with iireprooi' filling. It isthus seen that there is produced a safe exceedingly simple inconstruction, yet strong and durable, and that it possesses theadvantage oi'l round corners throughout. I prefer generally to providethe corners with a retaining-strip or rclenforcing piece of metalunderneath the niitered openings, as shown in dotted lines at c in Fig.7. l

The frame C andthe plate I) at the back of the safe may be applied inany convenient manner. I have found the following plan to be convenientand practicable: rlhe plate is first riveted tothe trame, and the frameis provided with bolt-holes corresponding with similar bolt-holes in theadjacent edges ofthe sheet A, whereby the two may be bolted together. Ithen lay the safe upon the floor with the door-side downward, and havingremoved the frame and its plate I put the bolts and packing into theirplaces .in the sheet A, and run the nuts upon their inner ends. I thenpour in the Iireproof material until the same has flowed up around thenuts and has filled the safe. Now, when the same has hard- This frame isapplied to the ened, I unscrew the bolts from the nuts, place the frameand its plate in position, replace the bolts, and screw them again intoplace, thus securely closing the back of the safe.

In order that the finish may be flush with the surface of the frame C, Iprefer generally to employ round Hat-headed bolts and countersink themflush with the surface of the frame, so that the finish will practicallyobscure them. I would also have it understood that while the frames C'are made with the earpieces c projecting from them to cover the miteredopenings at thel corners, yet the earpieces may be dispensed withwithout departing from my invention, which contemplates the frame eitherwith or without the ear-pieces. If the ear-pieces are dispensed with themiter openings might be nished in any suitable way-as, for instance,carefully putting them edge to edge and riveting to an angleplatebeneath, or in any other convenient manner.

I have described the invention andhave illustrated the same in thedrawings in connection with a' safe having rounded corners and roundedfront and rear edges. I would also have it understood, however, thattheinvention is equally applicable in case it is desired to make the fouredges of the safe, which run from front to realy/squared instead ofrounded, for the sheet can with equal -facility be bent to a squareangle. So, also, instead of making the front and rear edges rounded,they may in like manner be bent to a square angle, so that theinwardly-turned portion at the edges shall be fiat and provided with thesquare miter at the corners. So, also, the edges which run from thefront to rear and the rear edge of the safe might all be bent to asquare angle and the forward edges be curvedin the mannerillustrated inthe drawings.

H represents the bolt-frame; H', the trainbolts; H, theirconnecting-bar; H3, any usual lock, and h represents screws by which theconnecting-bar is fastened to train-bolts.

The bolt-frame H, I propose to make in a single piece of malleable iron,the same being.

at once very simple and cheap in construction, yet amply strong for allpractical purposes. I of course do not limit myself to the employment ofany particular bolt-frame or locking mechanism, for any suitablemechanism may be employed; but I believe the malleable-iron bolt-frameabove described to be new with me.

That I claim is- 1. A safe in which the top, bottom, and two sides areformed of a single sheet of metal with its front and rear edges miteredand bent inward into or substantially into the plane of the front andback of the safe, substantially as and for the purpose described.

front and rear mitered edges and bent to form the two sides, top, andbottom of the safe, and with its front and rear edges bentinwardly, incombination with skeleton frames at the front and rear secured to theinwardly-turned edges, aplate adapted to close the opening in the frameat the rear of the safe, and a door adapted to close the opening in theframe at the front of the safe, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a safe, a single sheet of metal bent to constitute the two sides,top, and bottom ofthe safe, with its front and rear edges mitered at thecorners and bent inward, and re-entorcing plates riveted thereto beneaththe mitered opening, substantially as and for the purpose described. y

5. In a safe, a single sheet of metal having front and rear miterededges and bent to form the two sides, top, and bottom of the safe, itsfront and rear edges bent inward, as described, in combination withskeleton frames C, having ears c, projecting out and covering the miterjoints at the corners, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. A fire-proof safe consisting of a single sheet of metal having frontand rear mitered edges and bent to form the two sides, top, and bottomof the safe, skeleton frames C at the front and rear, an interior shell,a doorjamb, with the usual filling of fire-proof material, aclosingplate, D, at the back, to which the rear skeleton frame isattached, and a fire-proof door in front, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

7. A tire-proof safe consisting of a single sheet of metal having frontand rear mitered edges and bent to form the twosides, top, and bottom ofthe safe, and with its front and rear edges bent inwardly, said bendsbeing all rounded so as to form twelve rounded edges to the safe, inconnection with front and rear ICO skeleton frames, C, an interiorshell, and tire- DAVID O. PAIGE.

lfitnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, M. B. ODOGHERTY.

